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ThirdSpace Architecture Studio wins NDTV Design & architecture award for group housing

Mar 25, 2018 by Editor 2 Comments

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City based renowned architect Praveen Bavadekar’s ThirdSpace Architecture Studio has won the NDTV Design & architecture award 2017 for Architecture Award: Group Housing for the project Indira Dwellings, Kalmeshwar Society Behind Mango Meadows, Besides KLE Engineering College Udyambag, Belagavi.

Indira Dwellings is the most modern leaving spaces for female students in town. What makes it stand apart from the other facilities is, it’s Modern Design, Spacious Individual Leaving Space attached with independent Toilet, Bathroom, Pantry etc. 

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Speaking to AAB, Bavadekar said,
The design for a small student housing project in the town of Belagavi explores the section as a device to layer a series of semi-private living spaces vertically. What seems like a straightforward division of space in the plan is actually a complex layering of self-contained living units to achieve maximum density yet maintain comfortable living standards for the occupants.

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The site is a minuscule parcel of land barely measuring a 100 square meters on which the building was proposed. The number of students to be accommodated is more a result of the economics of scale and return on investment rather than a careful engagement with what such a site could traditionally accommodate. In all, the building of about 225 sq.m accommodates 29 students in a semi-private triple and double occupancy units.

In 2016 the studio had won a commendation for their work on the KLE Centenary museum at Belagavi.

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With such a small site, the building would have to be stacked vertically, but the building had to be below the stipulated 15 meters above which stringent high rise building regulations for fire safety are required to be met. Thus the buildings envelop is fixed by the side margins and the height restriction. To make the rooms less claustrophobic and more interconnected, a strategy was evolved to develop the rooms in a section with a floor to floor height of only 2400mm. Semi-private spaces for the occupants are nestled around a small common area consisting of an entrance lobby, pantry, and toilet facilities, all of them strung together by an internal staircase.

There are two types of room configurations that sectionally dovetail into one another, like in a jigsaw. Considering that this is a cost-effective project on a small site, everything is pared down in this design. Every millimeter of space was debated upon. If the walls of the toilets were thought to consume too much space, they were replaced by 40 mm kadappa stone slabs, a detail that also eliminated the need for tile work in wet areas. Plastered surfaces are kept to a bare minimum, with even the brick walls being unplastered and just painted white so as to visually open up space and also allow for regular upkeep.

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The individual spaces of the students are designed to have the bare minimum space with minimum furniture. The individual living spaces are interconnected visually as well as physically with the shared areas. The elevation is a sum total of small strategic decisions to sectionally displace the room units. The window fenestration’s just about hint at the sectional complexity within but also add to the monolithic nature of the facade. The staggered section creates a dynamic roof profile that dominates the skyline that is otherwise littered with small accretions that are emblematic of the suburban sprawl all around. The building is painted in a deep red to accentuate its dynamic roofline as well as its almost monolithic form. In the colorful cacophonous milieu that is mofussil India, it still dominates the neighborhood, yet displays an irreverent playfulness that is characteristic of student life anywhere.

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  1. Ravikumar Pujari says

    Mar 26, 2018 at 12:56 PM

    Congratulations Praveen Bavadekar and Team, keep good going

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  2. Umesh patil says

    Mar 25, 2018 at 10:29 PM

    It is really fantastic,adjoining KLE Engineering College…kudos to praveen ji

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